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- proper noun Nonstandard spelling of
La Niña . - proper noun Alternative spelling of
La Niña .
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Examples
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BAKER: Well, right now we're in a-- what we call a La Nina phase.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Weather - January 1, 2000 2000
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But El Nino has an aftermath called La Nina, which is being blamed for the dry spell.
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Forecasters now expect a second consecutive year of so-called La Nina conditions.
Coal Miners, Steelmakers Jittery As Wet Season Starts David Fickling 2011
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The current weather pattern includes the ongoing La Nina, which is a cooling of sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, which usually results in less precipitation than normal across Texas.
Paul Yeager: Predictions of 10-Year Texas Drought Have Validity Paul Yeager 2011
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Experts have linked Australia's downpours to a weather pattern called La Nina, which has brought in cooler temperatures that have strengthened the normal tropical cyclone season.
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The current weather pattern includes the ongoing La Nina, which is a cooling of sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, which usually results in less precipitation than normal across Texas.
Paul Yeager: Predictions of 10-Year Texas Drought Have Validity Paul Yeager 2011
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But atmospheric patterns, including the Pacific phenomenon known as La Nina, have conspired to make this an unusually icy winter in Alaska and have kept it abnormally warm in parts of the lower 48 states accustomed to more snow.
Midwest Winter Weather: Sloppy Commute After First Big Snowstorm 2012
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Experts have linked Australia's downpours to a weather pattern called La Nina, which has brought in cooler temperatures that have strengthened the normal tropical cyclone season.
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That's due in part to the chilling action of the climatological effect known as La Nina, which cooled the Pacific.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2010
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The heavy rains are the result of a weather phenomenon known as La Nina, which could last until early next year.
Colombia Rescue Teams Struggle After Mudslides Darcy Crowe 2010
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